New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-31
WOEK PR0CEEDS DSATPHILIDELPHI1.
THE STRIKE ORDER A TOTAL FAILURE.
scrvrs.AND INCIDENTS At PORT rrcHM"ND AND
TIE CIY sTNrIoNs-A sNALL pi-if''-
ANCE Al THE 1AYIOEs' rLEVAroH-
Tp.VFT VNINprpFD.
LILY I..LLGRArH ID TIE TRInrNR.I

Puu,rrrrur. Dec 30-Thc business Of
H., Reading road went on smoothly today
All the freight and passenger trains were
being run over the Germantown a'i |.Hn''y 'I.'.
branches ipuoaranccs m the ucighhorhood diI
not Indicate that there was anything unusH'i Hi
fine working of the road. The fall complement oi
m.n was apparently ut work and the ordinary
amount f uu,tlc WAS going On so '"' h'o'"
a.I CauoWhi ST.. depot, however, matters ""''
somcNh hat quiet owing o 'h' abs nee "l 'i'' ""-
mcrlu, shifting cnune~ " br.'l--t. t'r '",-
gong and incoming ua~>.'.-.r trains W'fr "'
rnoi..r., ON time and TO interruptions had o.
rn,..l Between F,nceu,h A.d L.-hjec"tA SIS.
three ,l.ilcrs were at "orN an" i"o m''' "'''
further mp the road
The action of the Rcading Convention ordering
General strike was received in this city cary TINS
moraine. While the order docs not include the
ro,>cuc.r train service and s.gati tower men,
,t~.., crossing men. hagmcn and tlacN-walNrtN'
H. +, left TO the discretion OF tie local assemblies
~, to whether the switchmcn shall be allowed to
worl; or not
The official, Of the Brother .ood Of Locomotive
rir,ln. n employed on 30: leading road, received
a tclcetam from the secretary of the National
organization, in which they were told ti't t,'
officer, ad, iscd against the members 81 ilr o'NrT
i,iuin,, I'M thc strike # the Knights o LABOR anu
iLat shouu they do 80 AGAINST tins advice. iIry
would receive neither support nor a'' nom '|Hc |
organization at large diol"ic ch, ron ni" s
,,,Is shown to mtmhcrS OF the Brothrrh"'i "i
Locomotive Engineers at Ninth ana "r'n 49,,
this morning. which was 20 the "lccl s"N' 'H'
train di>pat,h,r oi thc Reading road ~ l'l"'
had received a message Dom tIc bl,' I'@oDu @
Moves Of Inc lchigh Valley Railroad )H,Hhe ~,
services of A. many Engineers as hc g''F" ''l"t'0
IN ruu that branch of the >"rEice. ms - az ~
,jtinn o,' ~ ,he 1uict way in which the rni!r'
Krotbrrhood organization Is WORKING WIN '"e
company against the hnishlH
EErUslNG TO OBEY 1AE GAIL 10 sINiAh'
c,,,orintcrdent Banzanp at the Ninth and Green
SIS dcpot said to-day: We arc having no troupl'
with either passenger or freight trdUic nv
trains are running exactly rs ihcy WIZ T ,1t
the strike, and nearly all on time; ivSv t.'".
did fall "A little behind were not ucHiNVu " ~, N
If hands but by outside causes mere i nc 'I"tlI
in the allegation that we lave nScn CI"Nu'' ;
,,,cr ', car, i'm order to reduce the number ol
trains You can say that r,iroad'ns "!9hI ''t nc
,r"rl,s under my supervision Is pursuing t.c cl IL
tenor Of its way. Inc a''"n 80, INV "7
Convention does not ancct uS III an a., ~,,L
There wns nothing around or ABOUT Iic N"r,i' ,i
Penn Station that would indictJ Il % nnnc
according to the statement OF the HlSp"l'HIl
t thr men ot the station left their work because
81 the instructions from Reading. D,SEi,,ci'II ,,
Ccarv rcportcd everything working Np,, "'
id - ma men want TO work and VIII dcly 'h"se
,,hn osl, Them to quit. Only about ohc-thTu q!
our employees here are knights OF l@n9r' Ia % Ky
are all non-union men LITn ayn M NJ trouble in con-
should 90 out we NDuIu "'''' Nv
:. rSora ore from go To 300 men WorkiIiG oIl
I ,r,;,s hrtwren this point and Schuylklll IhIls.
, n;.u,tchcr Bert olct at SiNtc"nth-st ana ielii-
i,,ia' sn aVe This morning That includes an thc
~ s "f coal trains engineers, hclpcrs,and Drake
,a,r ond ot least 10 per cent OF the men now u.
,norl, we're knights of Labor | can't say what
,in,r ors nov but I'm certain that they were
tn,} }Its beforc this outbreak. THIS tnine Is work
; rv Satisfactorily to us and in fact II u WASH
rS fnr the papers ia scarcely know that striIIe
was on. o>.o
SCENES AND INCIDENTS At POET WC"MoN" ,
A. Port Richmond the delegates VINO "''ehu''
tbc Reading Convention returned this morning
Tbcv were enthusiastic and said that the eroer
ror a General strike would be obeyed oy tnSS
Enirhts almost TO Il man. hollcc M"S loot;
a. he ncrs and other points to-day ny oupJirIn ~,
torJrnt Keim asking for men to handle coai "a ao
10 Elizabethport, " j., docks ol the heau,ns h9 NJ
Roilroad and guaranteeing protection 10 aii. W.
E"in said this afternoon: Il am recelVinB NUM- NUM-
bcrs Of applications for work ana the p1sinGss iG
in NV department will continue despite thc hliis"''
One If the offices at the dump near the pier was
doetrovcd bv fire at o 30 Undoubtedly IL was
t on fire nv some OF the strikers as no STOVE was
~ tbo Mace IL was q small frame building.
Some nancrs of not much value were destroyed
The 500 Pinkerton men werc III ana arouhu
the wards all day.
William NJ Swnssey, the former master OF INC
steam collier Allentown. sent his resignation 10
Tho company to-day. lie said Il left the com
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